Summer Memory Box

Welcome to the Summer of Paper series – where we’ve invited fabulous guests to create projects using supplies from my Home + Made paper decor line.

Hello Tater Tots & Jello friends! I’m Becki, I blog over at BeckiAdams.com. I’m a passionate memory keeper and paper crafter. My home is in Idaho. I was born and raised on a wheat and potato farm. Interestingly enough, I don’t eat wheat or potatoes (my dad is mortified). My husband, 3 kids and I have made memory keeping part of our lifestyle. My husband takes lots photos for me and my kids (sometimes begrudgingly) let me take their photos. My kids also scrapbook right along with me. My goal is to find the magic that comes when a story and a photo come together. The project that I have today is a Summer Memory Box. I created this memory box with the recipe card box from the Home+Made collection.

Then I collected a few embellishments from the Home+Made and Cottage Living collections.

I added a bit of patterned paper to my stack of supplies and started creating.

The first thing I did was create a label for my Summer Memory Box. I used a chalkboard sticker, some Thickers, and a gold metal label.

This label fit perfectly on the recipe box. The adhesive on the chalkboard label is really sticky so there’s no worry of it falling off.

I chose a few photos that I’ve taken this Summer. I print my photos at home. I printed the photos at 3 1/2 inches square so they would fit perfectly into the Polaroid frames.

Next, I cut some die cuts using the dies from the Home+Made collection.

Using the file tab cards that come with the recipe box I created 3 dividers for my Summer photos. The categories I chose are “Get-a-way”, ” Hello Family”, and “Let’s Stay Home”.

I used the recipe cards that came with the recipe box for my photos. I put photos and the die cut Polaroid frame on the front of the card and left the back of the card blank. My kids are writing their memories on
the back of the photo cards.

That’s it. This is such an easy fun way to document those Summer memories. And it gets the kids involved with the memory keeping process.

Thanks for joining me today.

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Thanks Becki! What a fun project, and I bet your kids love looking at it over and over again! Becki has great ideas on her blog. Here are a few I know you’ll love: